Some options for lunch next to DIW.
Staff's classics:
- Mensa HfM Charlottenstraße (student canteen, public service): <5 min walk, cheap, fast, vegetarian/vegan available, cash only, try to arrive 12am sharp!, https://www.stw.berlin/en/dining-facilities/mensa-hfm-charlottenstrasse.html, Entrance Taubenstraße 32, 1st floor
- Canteen of "Konzerthaus" (nonprofit service): <5min walk, cheap, fast, vegetarian available, cash only, try to arrive 12am sharp!, Entrance Taubenstraße 32, 2nd floor
- Pasta deli, <10min walk, cheap, fast, noodles and or salad, credit cards, https://goo.gl/maps/cMPUNtGgJ362
- Chupenga Burritos & Salads, 10 min walk, moderate prices, english service, credit cards, https://goo.gl/maps/tVzAJtiGo972
More advanced:
- taz kantine, canteen of the green/alternative newspaper, http://www.taz.de/!p4237/, https://goo.gl/maps/po9jpkYtLD22 (little walk through checkpoint charlie)
- Intermezzo (many staffers from ministry of labour), https://goo.gl/maps/oWBXipGTyo52 (Entrance Taubenstraße)
Beets&Roots, salad bowls (very hip!), english service (extremely hip!), credit cards, little walk, https://www.beetsandroots.de/restaurants/ (Dorotheenstraße 83)
- Vapiano, italian style food (franchise), credit cards, little walk, credit cards https://de.vapiano.com/en/nc/restaurants/detail/restaurant-details/-0f0c313590/ or https://de.vapiano.com/en/nc/restaurants/vapiano-berlin-3-mittelstrasse-51-52-1/
Mabuhay, very good indonesian food, small simple restaurant (reservation afternoon before visit), little walk, direction Potsdamer Platz, credit cards https://www.yelp.com/biz/mabuhay-berlin
- Käfer (rooftop Bundestag), reservation necessary, little expensive, https://www.feinkost-kaefer.de/berlin, Menue: https://static.feinkost-kaefer.de/media/pdf/08/41/7a/SeptemberOctoberNovember-2018-Lunch.pdf
Dinner (Thursday):
- Mabuhay, very good indonesian food, small simple restaurant (reservation afternoon before visit), little walk, direction Potsdamer Platz, credit cards https://www.yelp.com/biz/mabuhay-berlin
- Arabian: http://www.casalot.de/speisekarte.html , https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g187323-d1341005-Reviews-Casalot_Restaurant-Berlin.html
Restaurant Feinberg’s - Israeli specialties: http://www.feinbergs.de/en
- Friedrichs-Wirtschaft, austrian-franconian cuisine https://www.friedrichs-wirtschaft.de/en/